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Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

1715 - 1747

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Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (French: [vovnaʁɡ]; 6 August 1715 – 28 May 1747) was a French writer and moralist. He died at age 31, in broken health, having published the year prior—anonymously—a collection of essays and aphorisms with the encouragement of Voltaire, his friend. He first received public notice under his own name in 1797, and from 1857 on, his aphorisms became popular. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues has received more than 89,700 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues is the 1,401st most popular writer (up from 1,412th in 2019), the 1,627th most popular biography from France (down from 1,615th in 2019) and the 197th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 90k

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  • 59.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Introduction à la connoissance de l'esprit humain
Miscellanées, Maximes, Philosophie
1747
Introduction à la connaissance de l'esprit humain
Ethics, Maxims
1981
Oeuvres complètes de Vauvenargues
1806
Oeuvres de Vauvenargues
Ethics
1857
Oeuvres complètes
Maxims, Collected works, Ethics
1806
Introduction a la connoissance de l'esprit humain
1747

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 1,401 out of 7,302. Before him are Pehr Henrik Ling, Fulcher of Chartres, César Vallejo, Sima Xiangru, Siegfried Lenz, and Robert Bloch. After him are Korney Chukovsky, Kâtip Çelebi, Maj Sjöwall, Gavrila Derzhavin, Jaan Kross, and Jules de Goncourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 4. Before him are Peter II of Russia, Claude Adrien Helvétius, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. After him are Robert-François Damiens, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Dorothea Erxleben, Ewald Christian von Kleist, and Christian Fürchtegott Gellert. Among people deceased in 1747, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 12. Before him are Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Giovanni Bononcini, Giuseppe Crespi, and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Francesco Solimena, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jean-Féry Rebel, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, and Giulia Lama.

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In France

Among people born in France, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 1,627 out of 6,770. Before him are Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Wilfred the Hairy (840), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1756), and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953). After him are Walter Krüger (1890), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Raymond Loewy (1893), and Abbé Pierre (1912).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues ranks 197. Before him are Xavier de Maistre (1763), Robert de Montesquiou (1855), Joseph Bédier (1864), Émile Gaboriau (1832), François de Malherbe (1555), and Fulcher of Chartres (1059). After him are Jules de Goncourt (1830), Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Philippe Soupault (1897), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), and Remy de Gourmont (1858).

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